Lovett

With both Ariana and Jonathan out, they'll surely cancel the production...

WW: #25 (+14) – 2,247,500 UK: #98 (+16) – 86,439

Oh, I am there!

Not you providing absolute proof of the massive impact that radio can have. The Taylor shade!

You can certainly blame the artist when they're wealthy enough to not have to follow the market pricing.

Cool, then there should've been outrage then, too. I cannot talk about any other fan groups; I stan Beyoncé and Beyoncé alone. Always have, always will. But I will not kiss her ass when she's in the wrong. She's long been overcharging her fans for her music and tours (as have many artists), and it's time to say stop.

The outrage isn't only reserved for Bey, though. I've said multiple times that this is a problem across all artists... The fact that these prices are considered "regular prices" is precisely the problem. We should hold our faves accountable for these extortionate prices, rather than attacking fans who find them unacceptable.

Pointing out that the extremely wealthy are squeezing us unnecessarily to further line their pockets is neither nonsense, nor nitpicking. Time to stop being pick-me girls. Beyoncé is a billionaire. Most of these artists are multi-millionaires. There is no feasible way you will ever convince me that them making a decent profit, as opposed to a massive profit is a problem. They do not need to be charging us this much for merchandise and this "just don't buy it" take is beyond stupid, because we want to support our faves. When you have reached a stage in your career where money will never be an issue for you or the many generations of your family to come, you can make the choice to make your products more affordable and accessible for your fans. She is choosing not to and it's wrong.

Those are popular with the pensioners who create them.

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It's 2026, it's not popular anywhere with adults.

Damn right.

People should be complaining about the price. It's extortionately expensive. That said, the critiques and complaints should not be levelled at Beyoncé alone. As it's been pointed out, she's one of many artists charging these ridiculous prices. But there is absolutely no reason for vinyls to cost this much money. It costs barely anything to produce these vinyls, so to mark them up so egregiously is nothing but pure greed. People need to stop bootlicking artists with this garbage take of "just don't buy it then" or "she's a premium artist". Get some self-respect, girls. These people are scamming us. Beyoncé could very easily make a significant profit on vinyls that cost half that price and sell substantially more of them to recoup the same profit. She just doesn't want to, and that's wrong. I love her, but it is.

...why would you want that?